Detection of mislabeled germplasm in cocoa collections using DNA fingerprinting with SSR markers

Incorrect labeling of cocoa accessions is a significant that has hindered the efficient conservation and use of cocoa germplasm. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), together with the international collaborating institutions, has undertaken a program to identify the cocoa genotypes and describe the genetic diversity in the major international and national cocoa collections maintained in the Americas. To date, a total of 4027 coca accessions maintained in the two international genebanks (ICG, T and CATIE), and in several other national collections in latin America, have been genotyped with a set of 15 standard microsatalite (SSR) loci.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Zhang, D., Boccara, Michel, Mischke, S., Motilal, L., Kolesnikova-Allen, M., Cryer, N., Turnbull, C., Lanaud, C., Philips-Mora, W., Butler, D.
Format:	Conference Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	germplasm, genotypes, population, cocoa products, genetic diversity (as resource),
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100066
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